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Ophichthys cephalozona Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VIII. 1870, p. 69. 



Ophichthus cephalozona Jordan & Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XXIII. 1901, p. S72. 



Ophichthys ccphalozo/ia Giinther, Fische d. Siidsee Ileft IX. 1910, p. 398. 



Height about 28 — 29; head 10 — 1 1, 3.5 — 4.5 in trunk, head and 

 trunk somewhat shorter than tail (or somewhat longer, Gunther). 

 Eye 10 — II, twice in snout, situated in anterior third of head. 

 Snout bluntly pointed, much projecting. Cleft of mouth 3 — 3.5 

 in head, reaching behind eye. Posterior nostrils in advance of 

 00 a. the eye, anterior ones in a broad tube, 



o o ^ 



°°\ shorter than the eye. Origin of dorsal 



/ \ o % °oo about above end of pectorals. End of 



§ \ f o^ °^ dorsal and anal ending shortly before 



% / ° % end of tail. Pectorals more than thrice 



I , % i " I to four times in length of head. Teeth 



° m.c(. "Ifi. m.9 ^ 



rather large, pointed, curved, uniserial in 



Fig. 144. Dentition of . , ,, ^ . ,., 



r,j.;- 1.7 ., , /on n J^ws and vomer, the anterior mandibu- 



Oph!chthvscephalozona(n\kx.) ■' ' 



a teeth" on intermaxillary l^ry ones stronger, as also those on the 

 plate, m maxillary, ;«(/man- intermaxillary plate, which form a sepa- 

 dibulary, v vomerine teeth, rated group of about 4—6 stout teeth. 

 ^ ^' Gillopenings moderate. Brown, nape with 



a very broad blackish cross band, broadly edged with white in 

 front and behind. Dorsal and anal blackish with a white 

 margin. Length 830 mm. 



Habitat: Singapore; Ambon; Ceram; Kei Islands!; West 

 New Guinea !; Mysore (Schouten Islands). — Philippines; China; 

 Formosa; Japan; North Australia; Pelew Islands; Ovalau; 

 Tonga-Tabu. 



3. Ophichthys bernsteini (Blkr.). 



Muraenopsis Bernsteini Bleeker,. Ned. Tijdsehr. Dierk. I. 1863, p. 157. 

 Ophichthys Bernsteini Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. IV. 1864, p. 48. 



Height about 42; head about Ii75» 5 to 5 '/a in trunk; head 

 and body longer than tail. Eye 8'/2, more than one half the 

 length of the snout, situated in the anterior third. Cleft of 

 mouth nearly 4 times in head, ending below hindborder of eye. 

 Snout conspicuously prominent. Posterior nostrils in advance of 

 the eye, anterior ones in a broad tube, shorter than the eye. Dorsal 

 commences at a distance equal to the cleft of mouth, behind 

 the gillopenings. Dorsal and anal increasing in height near their 

 end, which is at a short distance before the end of the tail. 

 Pectorals more than thrice in head. Teeth conical, acute, sub- 



